Showing papers in "New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development in 1984"
TL;DR: In this paper, Vygotsky's ideas about the zone of proximal development are elucidated and extended by inclusion of the theoretical constructs of situation definition, intersubjectivity, and semiotic mediation.
Abstract: Vygotsky's ideas about the zone of proximal development are elucidated and extended by inclusion of the theoretical constructs of situation definition, intersubjectivity, and semiotic mediation.
580 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a more general view of the zone of proximal development than ordinarily encountered in the American psychological literature is presented, which refers to Soviet influence on Vygotsky and presents examples from work, play, and educational activities involving elementary-school-age American children.
Abstract: This chapter presents a more general view of the zone of proximal development than ordinarily encountered in the American psychological literature. It refers to Soviet influence on Vygotsky and presents examples from work, play, and educational activities involving elementary-school-age American children.
222 citations
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TL;DR: The authors assesses individual students' zones of proximal development within some domain to provide diagnostic information about their subsequent performance within that domain beyond that provided by static estimates of starting level or by standard ability or achievement tests.
Abstract: Assessments of individual students' zones of proximal development within some domain provide diagnostic information about their subsequent performance within that domain beyond that provided by static estimates of starting level or by standard ability or achievement tests.
112 citations
TL;DR: Young children rapidly develop into socialized participants in their culture through a finely tuned combination of infants' skills and the guidance of more experienced people.
Abstract: Young children rapidly develop into socialized participants in their culture through a finely tuned combination of infants' skills and the guidance of more experienced people.
100 citations
TL;DR: A developmental model for conceptualizing vulnerability to childhood depression must consider the multiple transactions among environmental forces, caregiver characteristics, and child characteristics as mentioned in this paper, which can be found in our previous work.
Abstract: A developmental model for conceptualizing vulnerability to childhood depression must consider the multiple transactions among environmental forces, caregiver characteristics, and child characteristics.
96 citations
64 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review issues in theory and methodology in the study of stress and coping in children and families, and present a review of the literature on stress and families.
Abstract: This chapter reviews issues in theory and methodology in the study of stress and coping in children and families.
57 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors integrate Vygotsky's concept of the zone of proximal development into a field-theoretical conceptual framework based on the axioms of the theory of open systems.
Abstract: This chapter integrates Vygotsky's concept of the zone of proximal development into a field-theoretical conceptual framework based on the axioms of the theory of open systems.
55 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, an important early step in the classification of childhood depression from a developmental perspective is the identification of age-specific signs and symptoms, which must take into account the child's level of functioning within the cognitive, social, and affective domains.
Abstract: An important early step in the classification of childhood depression from a developmental perspective is the identification of age-specific signs and symptoms. Assessment must take into account the child's level of functioning within the cognitive, social, and affective domains.
55 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a program of research on young children of unipolar and bipolar depressed parents is described, and the early manifestations or precursors of childhood depression are identified, and a review of studies of offspring of depressed parents are reviewed.
Abstract: Studies of offspring of depressed parents are reviewed. A program of research on young children of unipolar and bipolar depressed parents is described. Early manifestations or precursors of childhood depression are identified.
TL;DR: In this article, children construct and organize their knowledge of the social and physical world in dyadic play in an increasingly reciprocal way, in a way similar to the one described in this paper.
Abstract: Children construct and organize their knowledge of the social and physical world in dyadic play in an increasingly reciprocal way.
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of marital discord on children's development is discussed in terms of models, methodology, results, and future required research, and the authors propose a method to study the effect of discord on the development of children.
Abstract: The impact of marital discord on children's development is discussed in terms of models, methodology, results, and future required research.
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that specific types of childhood disorders are associated with specific family disturbances and that problem children constitute a major source of stress and disturbance for their families, although it is by no means apparent that specific kinds of problems are associated specifically with specific families.
Abstract: Problem children constitute a major source of stress and disturbance for their families, although it is by no means apparent that specific types of childhood disorders are associated with specific family disturbances.
TL;DR: We stand at the threshold of an intrusion into social science by modes once known as literary or esthetic or ludic as mentioned in this paper, and we must be prepared to resist this intrusion.
Abstract: We stand at the threshold of an intrusion into social science by modes once known as literary or esthetic or ludic.
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of fantasy play as drama illuminates developmental differences in the elements of social knowledge and characterizes relations between these elements, and shows that fantasy play can be viewed as a kind of drama.
Abstract: Study of fantasy play as drama illuminates developmental differences in the elements of social knowledge and characterizes relations between these elements.
TL;DR: In this paper, illustrations of the bidirectional nature of parent-child interactions are provided in families with developmentally delayed children, where the authors show that the interaction between parents and children can be described as a two-way process.
Abstract: Illustrations of the bidirectional nature of parent–child interactions are provided in families with developmentally delayed children.
TL;DR: Parents with a high level of communication deviance and negative expressed emotion or emotional overinvolvment have children who are at greater risk for schizophrenia.
Abstract: Parents with a high level of communication deviance and negative expressed emotion or emotional overinvolvment have children who are at greater risk for schizophrenia.
TL;DR: Children characterized simultaneously by both aggression and withdrawal form a group particularly at risk for schizophrenia, and such behavioral vulnerability may reflect predisposing factors in the child.
Abstract: Children characterized simultaneously by both aggression and withdrawal form a group particularly at risk for schizophrenia, and such behavioral vulnerability may reflect predisposing factors in the child.
TL;DR: The nature and meaning of a play relationship can best be understood within its dynamic, historical context as discussed by the authors, where the play relationship is best understood within the context of the historical context.
Abstract: The nature and meaning of a play relationship can best be understood within its dynamic, historical context.
TL;DR: By taking a natural science perspective, it is possible to think about different ways of understanding this curious behavior and to probe the phenomenon to determine whether it will behave as expected as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: By taking a natural science perspective, it is possible to think about different ways of understanding this curious behavior–play–and to think of different ways of probing the phenomenon to determine whether it will behave as expected.